Actions depending on the length of the press of a button

[Elijah]

I would like to code in C# such a way that when I press the spacebar more than "n" time I want a certain character and if it is less than "n" time I want to display a different character.

Do someone have any ideas? I do it for some time but unfortunately nothing interesting! Thank you very much

private void textBox2_KeyDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e) 
{ 
Stopwatch Temps = new Stopwatch();
if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Back)
{
Temps.Start(); 
} 
if (e.KeyData != Keys.Back)
{
Temps.Stop(); 
}
TimeSpan ts = Temps.Elapsed;
if (ts.Milliseconds > 1000)
{
textBox2.Text = ".";
}
else 
{
textBox2.Text = "-";
} 
}

[switchblade327]

Why not put your Stopwatch in the declaration of your form, activate it in the keydown, stop in the KeyUp, and then recover the value of the Stopwatch and update your TextBox?

[Lemog]

yes to treat the two events.
Keydown and KeyUp

[Elijah]

So after extensive research, already I take F3 as key support! I have this:

private DateTime t1; 
private bool isKeyDown = false; 
private void textBox2_KeyDown (object sender, KeyEventArgs e) 
{
if (!isKeyDown && e.KeyCode == Keys.F3)
{
isKeyDown = true; 
t1 = DateTime.Now; 
}
}
private void textBox2_KeyUp (object sender, KeyEventArgs e) 
{
if (isKeyDown) 
{
isKeyDown = false; 
WriteCode (sender, DateTime.Now - t1); 
}
}
private void WriteCode (object sender, TimeSpan tps) 
{
String toWrite; 
if (tps.TotalMilliseconds >= 1000) 
toWrite = "-"; 
else 
toWrite = "." 
textBox2.Text = toWrite; 
}